Responsibilities
Stakeholder and Communications Management
- Manage all aspects of project and program engagement from planning, external vendor relationships, communications, resources, budget, change, risks and issues
- Continually manage stakeholder expectations through governance processes
- Deliver appropriate and effective executive level communication
- Provide status reporting regarding milestones, deliverable, dependencies, communicating across leadership and business stakeholders
Process and Delivery Execution
- Manage a portfolio of complex initiatives that span one or multiple lines of business
- Own the full project life cycle end to end
- Ensure the program is aligned to and supports strategic objectives
- Prepare detailed project plan for all phases of the project
- Manage the day-to-day project activities, including project management working and steering committees
- Understand interdependencies between technology, operations and business needs
- Monitor, track and control outcomes to resolve issues, conflicts, dependencies and critical path deliverables
- Ensure that projects and programs are proceeding according to scope, schedule, budget and quality standards
Requirements
- Seasoned project manager with deep product and operational expertise in banking and investments, preferably Wealth Management
- Sound knowledge in Wealth operational process, investment products domain and services.
- Degree in an appropriate field of study or equivalent
- Project Management Professional (PMP) / PRINCE II certification is a plus
- A confident and self-aware leader with a high degree of independence with analytical/problem solving ability
- Demonstrated at least 15 years of experience in project management with the focus on financial services
- Able to clearly articulates complex matters and provide recommendations on best course of action to be taken
- Full end to end project management in a lead role
- Direct responsibility of project budgets of $5 - $20 million dollars
- Executive level communication skills with excellent written and verbal communication
- Ability to multi-task and perform well under pressure
